Chapter 27: The Birthday Feast (3)
As the shrill voice of the head of the Internal Affairs Office sounded: "The emperor, the queen mother-"
Everyone present stood up to greet them.
Emperor Yin Shiqi took Empress Bai Yuhan's hand and walked into the hall, followed by a group of concubines and princesses.
When the emperor passed in front of Li Changci, Li Changci could clearly feel that the dragon qi on his body was abundant, and it seemed that this emperor had done a lot of things to benefit the people.
After the emperor and queen sat on the throne, everyone on the field paid a big salute: "The ministers welcome the emperor and the queen, and wish the emperor and the queen all the blessings." ”
Yin Shiqi asked everyone to sit down without courtesy, announcing that today was the queen's birthday ceremony, and everyone did not have to be restrained, and then looked at Bai Yuhan and smiled, which immediately made the people present envy the emperor and queen again and again.
Just sitting down, Bai Yuhan quietly looked at the children of the families below, quietly looked for several good-looking people, and then quietly gave Yin Shiqi a look.
Receiving Bai Yuhan's hint, Yin Shiqi nodded to the head of the Internal Affairs Office, and the birthday banquet officially began, first of all, several princes and princesses presented gifts.
The objects sent by several princes are similar, all of them are precious jade Ruyi and the like, and the princesses send a variety of things, some send hand-copied Buddhist scriptures to pray for blessings, some send embroidery, and some send paintings.
Only the seventh princess gave a pot of flowers, but it was the most touching gift of all the gifts that touched Bai Yuhan's heart.
"It's Suguan Heding, and today it's an eye-opener." Those who knew the goods on the field immediately recognized this pot of excellent flowers.
The flower type is like a lotus, and the color of the flower is also extremely elegant, giving people a graceful and noble atmosphere.
Bai Yuhan took the pot of flowers from her grandmother's hand, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help leaning forward to smell the fragrance of the flowers, which was fragrant and fragrant.
When he was a child, his grandfather often took him to Minghuafang to buy orchid seeds, and when he returned home, he planted them himself, because his grandmother loved orchids the most during her lifetime, especially wanted to see the legendary Suguan Lotus, so since the death of her grandmother, my grandfather would plant many orchids every year to commemorate my grandmother.
Sometimes, he would wield a small hoe and follow his grandfather to dig and water, even if he accidentally damaged the orchid planted by his grandfather, his grandfather would not be angry, but would only touch his head and say, "Little Nan Nan is really naughty", but unfortunately until his grandfather died, he was not able to grow Su Guan Heding.
Bai Yuhan looked at the Suguan Heding in front of him, his expression was a little trance, he hadn't remembered those happy scenes when he was a child for a long time, and in a blink of an eye, he had actually reached the age of having grandchildren.
Thinking that he might never have the opportunity to return to Gusu City in this life, Bai Yuhan's eyes were a little moist, and he became more and more interested in this pot of Suguan Lotus Ding.
Yin Shiqi, who was beside him, felt Bai Yuhan's mood at this time, and shook her hand comfortingly.
Bai Yuhan thought that he was still at the banquet at this time, and restrained the sadness in his heart, his face returned to his calm appearance in the past, with a smile on his face, and looked at the seventh princess below with satisfaction: "Jingmeng has a heart, I like this gift very much, Shuangrui, and I will send the set of Dai Xun Yutong chain in this palace to the Seventh Princess Palace." ”
And the pot of plain crown lotus tripod was also cherished by Bai Yuhan in the dormitory, and it was watched every day.
After all the royal heirs have presented the gifts, it is the various programs prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take the stage, dance back to the red sleeves, sing sorrowfully and cuidian, and the hall is full of lights, and the seats are beautiful.
Everyone was very happy to watch, and Yin Shiqi and Bai Yuhan were discussing the second purpose of this birthday banquet.
Bai Yuhan asked softly by toasting Yin Shiqi: "Your Majesty, have you seen a girl who is suitable for several princes today?" ”
Yin Shiqi glanced at the queen meaningfully, and said with a smile: "The queen has already been chosen?" ”
Bai Yuhan didn't shirk it, and motioned Yin Shiqi to look at a few places below, "Those girls seem to be pretty good, especially the girl wearing a purple cedar and the girl wearing a water-blue skirt next to her, they all look very well-behaved and smart, I don't know whose girls they are." ”
Yin Shiqi looked at Li Yiwei, the head of the household who was sitting next to him, and thought of the rumors he had heard in the past few days, and looked at Bai Yuhan with a smile in his eyes that he didn't understand.
Bai Yuhan felt a little inexplicable, and asked softly: "But the palace has lost its eyes?" ”
Yin Shiqi raised his hand and took a sip of wine, and laughed in a low voice: "Heh, it's rare that when you look away, those two girls should be the two most talked about young ladies in the capital recently, the two in Li Yiwei's family." ”
Hearing Yin Shiqi say this, Bai Yuhan felt a little unexpected, one was a concubine who had experienced hardships, and the other was a concubine who read poetry and books, but the two of them sat together, but the concubine's temperament was more outstanding, which was quite strange.
Just after noon, many delicacies were delivered one by one, and the banquet was staggered, and the words were joyful and joyful.
Just as Li Changci was thinking about how to go out alone to find Liu Yinyin's aunt Liu Concubine, he saw Yin Shiqi on the stage raise his wine glass and said with a hearty smile: "I am very happy today, Jing Hao brought a lot of excellent wine two days ago, and I will drink it with everyone today." ”
So the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a pot of good wine to everyone present, and everyone present raised their glasses to celebrate and drank the wine together.
"I heard that this wine has some relationship with the girl of Li Shangshu's family, but I don't know if this is true?"
Hearing that Yin Shiqi pointed to his daughter, Li Yiwei was a little surprised, he thought that this matter was over, but he didn't expect it to be known to the emperor, and he brought it up at such an important banquet.
And Li Xinyu knows that people in this era pay great attention to etiquette and rules, even if she wants to be in the limelight now, she must endure it at this time, and wait for someone to help her start it, otherwise she will answer rashly and cause the emperor to dislike, and all your efforts before will be in vain.
Sure enough, hearing the emperor's inquiry, the seventh princess hurriedly stood up and relieved Li Xinyu: "Father, I asked Xinyu to help." ”
Then Li Yiwei also got up and replied respectfully: "It's a little girl who is a shallow learner, and she got an axe in front of everyone." ”
Seeing that the emperor above was not angry, the two breathed a sigh of relief.
Bai Yuhan also took over at this time: "Lord Li is humble, I have listened to the flowers and moons of your daughters in the past few days, and when I see them today, they are really extraordinary, come forward and let me see." ”
Li Yiwei hurriedly saluted the queen: "Thank you for the queen's praise, and I don't want to say hello to the emperor and the queen soon." ”
Hearing this, Li Changci and Li Xinyu got up and went forward to pay respects.
Bai Yuhan was attracted by Li Changci's indifferent temperament at first sight, this woman didn't even flinch when facing herself and the emperor, and the tone of what she just spoke was extremely flat, giving people a feeling of being out of the ordinary.
Bai Yuhan looked at Li Xinyu on the side again, although Li Xinyu behaved dignified and behaved, Bai Yuhan still saw that Li Xinyu had a kind of arrogance and ambition in her eyes that ordinary people did not have.
I couldn't help but be a little surprised in my heart, this Li Shangshu's two daughters didn't seem to be simple.
Bai Yuhan quietly observed the two girls, and finally came to the conclusion that neither of them was suitable for marrying these princes.
"Sure enough, it's a good color, Li Shangshu, you are blessed, and I don't know whose good man can get your two precious daughters in the future." Bai Yuhan obviously praised Li Yiwei's two daughters for their beauty, but in fact, he implied that whoever you like should marry this girl, it is impossible for a few princes.
Hearing the queen say this, Li Yiwei's face turned a little pale, most people understood what the queen meant, and several noble ladies smiled.
I want to see the two Li family girls who are in the limelight today, and they can still laugh now.
found that both of them had a calm look on their faces, and they couldn't see their inner thoughts at all.
In fact, Li Changci didn't listen carefully to Bai Yuhan's speech at all.
Just when I was eating, I saw Concubine Liu go out, and I was trying to make an excuse to go out, so I was named by the emperor and the queen.
And although Li Xinyu was not favored by the queen for some reason, with more than ten years of acting skills in front of outsiders, she can also do it without changing her face.